Elian needed to get through this game first and afterwards, he he had to learn to control the states. He couldn't always burn himself out, at every opportunity he got, he didn't need to be told. This thing would definitely be leaving some really dangerous side effects on his psyche.
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In the cool, sterile depths of the Nexus Lab, Maya sat before her holographic console long after most had gone home. The soft hum of servers and the steady blink of digital readouts filled the silence, a constant reminder of the stakes of her work. Tonight, like many before it in recent weeks, she was locked in battle with the Awakening System—a battle against a red anomaly that refused to be tamed.
